Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

  • -- Hosea Ballou 马士

虽然野心本身是一种恶习,但它往往也是美德之母。

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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

一个人不一定生来就有勇气,但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气,我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.

所有物质的起源和存在都只靠一种力……我们必须假定,在这种力量的背后,存在着一个有意识的、有智慧的头脑。心灵是一切物质的母体。

Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics.

显然,失去父母是非常困难的。我每天都想念我的爸爸,但我知道他会为看到我继续游泳并在奥运会上再试一次而感到自豪。

Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.

让他们带我去看一间小屋,那儿没有他们指控法庭的那种罪恶。

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

如果你是父母,那就做父母。你明白我的意思吗?我是一个家长。我有女儿。

Gluttony is not a secret vice.

暴食并不是一种秘密的恶习。